as a Last Name
- 31,724
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Rankin
Meaning & Origins
Scottish and northern Irish: from the medieval personal name Rankin, a diminutive of Ronald or Rand, with the diminutive suffix -kin.
| 1,118th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 31,724
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Mississippi
- has the most people named Rankin per capita
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